A study published in Science Journal found that plastic bag policies, such as bans and fees, have been effective in reducing plastic bag litter by 25-47% and potentially protecting wildlife from en… ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Oregon’s ban on plastic grocery bags will kick up a notch under a bill headed to the desk of Gov. Tina Kotek. Beginning in 2027, Senate Bill 551 will ensure that ...

A popular plastic bag maker was hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging that its bags contain harmful chemicals. A consumer alleged that Ziploc bags’ primary selling points, that they are ...

The nation has banned the bags that typically hold vegetables and fruit. Recyclable, biodegradable or plant-based plastic bag are also included in the ban.

The Bag Waste Reduction Act took effect on March 1, 2020 — exactly five years ago — though the coronavirus pandemic and a lawsuit from plastic bag manufacturers delayed its enforcement for months.

According to a report by EJ Gomez on GMA 7's '24 Oras,' the boy followed his 12-year-old sister after their mother asked her to buy a plastic bag.

To the editor: Los Angeles passed a ban on supermarket plastic bags in 2013, which the state followed with its ban a year later, preempting L.A.’s ordinance. But the state version had an ...

The bill would place limits on single-use plastics at restaurants and hotels and ban thicker plastic bags at stores and restaurants.

“Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags.